Essay about Education Challenges Facing Hispanics in the United States

According with Jean Piaget whose theory on child development has been a great influence in education; language development is the most important phase during the Preoperational stage of cognitive development. During this stage children develop and build up their knowledge and vocabulary by asking questions and expressing ideas through words, images and drawings. This stage is considerate to happen from two years of to seven years of age (Kendra Cherry). Language development has direct implications in the intellectual development of a child, and it is one of the main tools to develop our thinking process. We use words to store and access memories or other information. For Latinos children and especially recent arrivals whose language is

In Linda Chavez’s, “Hispanics and the American Dream” she starts by showing the growth of Hispanics in America and how they are depicted. She sees them as a valuable part of society that is steadily climbing to new heights on the socioeconomic ladder, yet the population perceives them to be the lower end and will likely remain that way. She goes on to prove this assumption by the way Hispanics are shown in the media, which states that poor and Hispanic goes hand in hand when thought of. What is failed to be seen is that most Hispanics are steadily in the middle class, but this varies within the group just as it does with all races. The analysts take into consideration the immigrants who have just entered America, legal or illegal, which in turn causes the balance to shift towards the poor side of the spectrum. Our overall perception of Hispanics plays a role in their place in society.

Many Latinos from Central America, South America, and Mexico have sacrificed their lives to immigrate to the United States to have a better life. Many have immigrated legally and many more have immigrated illegally. They all have a hope for what is called the American Dream. The ideal life that every United States citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success through hard work and education, determination and initiative. Latino Immigrants come to America for this hope, to have a good life, to have great education, to have rights, opportunities and so much more. Legal Latino immigrants have these opportunities and they don’t have to go through struggles and obstacles as much as illegal immigrants. Undocumented immigrants have always been the target for American government. They have always struggled with finding jobs, keeping a job, not getting paid enough, their educations, health services and so much more. The main purpose of this paper is the struggles and obstacles of undocumented Latino immigrants who have migrated to United States through education.

For many years the United States minority population mostly consisted of African Americans. In 2003, the statistic changed to Hispanics becoming the largest minority population in the United Sates (Parrado & Kandel, 2010). With the increase of the Hispanic population, education concerns of this population have started to arise. In some cases, Hispanics are being over referred to special education programs. This phenomenon is linked to the presence of a language barrier as well as other characteristics of the children in this population (Guiberson, 2009). Although the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) specify that language barriers should be ruled out, it seems that this phenomena continues, but could be

The United States is home to more than 50 million Latino Americans, which accounts for

According to the U.S. Census, the Latino population in the United States has increased by 592% since the 1970s. Currently, Latinos make up 16% of the population in the United States and it is expected to increase to 31% by 2060 (Census, 2012). As the demographic landscape of the country changes, the economic prosperity of the nation relies on the education of a more diverse population. To remain competitive on a global scale, the U.S. must pay special attention to the education of the largest growing group of the population: Latinos.

Increased population in the United States began in the 18th century. Today, a previously stated, this ethnic group is the 2nd. largest minority and will, by the year 2050, comprise over 24% of the population. Currently, this population largely resides in California, Miami, New York, New Mexico, and Texas. The attitudes and belief systems of the second and third generations that did not experience immigration is by far different. These generations are far more assimilated and less insular with their cultural heritage and appreciation intact, mostly. “Understand that Hispanics/Latinos are assimilating to prevalent U. S. culture, but they are not, and probably never will be, fully assimilated. Instead, theirs is a path of acculturation. It is a process of integration of native and traditional immigrant cultural values with dominant cultural ones (Sonderup, 2010)” (et. Al 2008). There is a “differentiation of U. S. born and non-U. S. born (et. Al 2008).” Acculturation and assimilation is advanced due to these generations being bilingual. Statistics show that “Two-thirds of Hispanics ages 16 to 25 are native-born Americans. That figure may surprise those who think of Latinos mainly as immigrants. But the four-decade-old Hispanic immigration wave is now mature enough to have spawned a big second generation of U.S.-born children who are on the cusp of adulthood. Back in 1995, nearly half of all Latinos ages 16 to 25 were immigrants. This year marks the first time that a plurality (37%) of Latinos in this age group are the U.S.-born children of immigrants. An additional 29% are of third-and-higher generations. Just 34% are immigrants themselves (pew research center: Hispanic Trends,

The Latino Education Crisis describes the cumulative disadvantages faced by too many children in the complex American school systems, where one in five students is Latino. Many live in poor and dangerous neighborhoods, attend impoverished and underachieving schools, and are raised by parents who speak little English and are the least educated of any ethnic group (Gándara and Contreras, 2010).

Next, Mont-Cors explains how most parents of children who come fro Mexico may not have had education opportunities available for them. Which this caused a communication gap between school and home, since it was difficult to help their children adjust to the new school or help with their assignments (2008, Home literacy). Even though my parents had a descent education it was still a big issue for me because they didn’t know English, but they were able to help me in other subjects like science and math.

In the last two decades, there has been an exponential growth of children of illegal immigrants born in the United States. Approximately 15% percent of the U.S children are of immigrant parents; this number is expected to increase in the coming decades. For a long time, most of the scholarly studies have focused on the adult immigrants while neglecting their off springs. This has created a gap in knowledge of the new second-generation socioeconomic circumstances. The statistics according to the 2000 census shows that 90% of children with native parent’s complete high school while only 62% of children of immigrant parents complete high school (Caps et al. 5). In turn, this has placed them at a disadvantage especially in the job market. A greater percentage of the 62% is of children whose parents are legal

"Latino Education in Twentieth-Century America: A Brief History." (With Rubén Donato) In Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Sofia A. Villenas, Ruth Trinidad Galván, Juan Sánchez Munoz, Corinne Martínez, and Margarita Machado-Casas, Eds., Handbook of Latinos and Education: Theory, Research, and

Children of undocumented immigrants are entitled to public education, because the U.S. constitution guarantees that migrant children and children born in the U.S. have equal educational opportunities. European immigrants migrated to the United States without question of their legal status, and were able to easily blend in, however, in the current time, race plays a great part in how people perceive undocumented migrants. Children are the future of our country and their education shouldn’t be determined by their parent’s legal status. I plan to use this article to explain how immigrants are treated differently than they were in the past, and how race may play a role into it.

The United States and Mexico have had an irregular relationships from the moment the alliance was established under the Spanish Empire. Immigration between the two have been fluid up until the 1920s. There has been a steady influx of drifters before, and there has been a regular flow ever since. Yet, migration from Latin America has festered since the last of the 2000s. In spite of this, Latinos have been held to be the largest minority by the end of 2050. Children are attending schools across the nation, attending all levels from pre-school to college. What they are not learning are the heavily influential individuals who made it possible for them to do so. Textbooks do not speak about or touch on them; do not dedicate chapters to all that

Immigration laws have been a subject of debate throughout American history, especially in states such as California and Texas, where immigrant populations are high. Recently, some citizens have been questioning whether we should continue to educate the children of illegal immigrants. While this issue is steeped in emotional controversy, we must not allow disruptive "us against them" rhetoric to cloud our thinking. Yes, educating undocumented immigrants costs us, but not educating them would cost us much more. Those who propose barring the children of illegal immigrants from our schools have understandable worries. They worry that their state taxes will rise as undocumented children crowd their school systems. They worry about the crowding

For Hispanics in the United States of America, the educational experience has been one of complicated disadvantage. The majority of Hispanic children begins formalized schooling (kindergarten) without the economic or social resources that most other students receive, and the schools are not equipped to compensate or slow down their pace for these initial disparities. For Hispanics, initial disadvantages generally come from the parents’ immigrant and socioeconomic status along with their lack of knowledge about the U.S school system and it’s process. Early childhood education is imperative and a good indicator of a child’s success in the future. As Hispanic students proceed throughout the U.S school system, inadequate school resources combined with their weak relationships with their teachers and peers continue to undermine their chances of academic success. These initial disadvantages continue to get built upon, habitually resulting in Hispanics having the lowest rates of high school and college degree attainment. Hindering their chances of any type of stable employment or overall life success. The lack of early childhood education and the Hispanic educational attainment is a cause for national concern, as the Hispanic population is and has been one of the fastest growing populations in the U.S. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and pinpoint the barriers of the Latinos and other ethnic minorities in the United States from attaining higher education opportunities due to